LAND NAVIGATION with MAP and LENSATIC COMPASS

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 THESE ARE 20 TRAINING MODULES USED FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP TRAINING BY TOPIC. (file size 2MB to 9MB each)

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 1

Lensatic Compass

The parts and features, and how to sight a selected landmark with the lensatic compass using the Compass-to-Cheek or the Center-hold method.    

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 2

Map Margin

What the data in the map's margin represents, map care and how to properly fold a map.

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Map Scale

Maps come in three scale sizes; SMALL, MEDIUM, and LARGE.  Which affects the amount of area covered and detail that will be shown.

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Map Symbols

Map language that is simple to understand.  BUT you must first know what the symbols represent, in order to read and speak map language to others.

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Terrain Relief

Relief shows elevation; it indicates variations in terrain features and heights of natural features.

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Map Information

What the protractor is for.  Map is read for four basic kinds of information; direction, distance, postion, and identification.

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Sense of Direction 

Lateral drift, current bearing, obstacles, back azimuth, deliberate offset. 

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Resection

With map only.  Modified Resection with map or compass and Distance Resection.

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Intersection

Triangulation

Two methods to locate your position with compass bearings.

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Make Map Speak

Compass Language 

There is no need to orient the map to find your position. 

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Plotting Position Coordinates

This is good to use when navigators have the same maps and need to communicate their location to others using cooordinates.

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Route Measure

Map straight-line distance, map curvature distance, and map slope distance.

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Pace Count

How to pace count with Ranger Pacing Beads.  Estimating rate of SPEED is essential when calculating the amount of time it will take to traverse a route. 

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Travel Distance

Estimation

Estimation by 100 Meter rule, estimation by Rule-of-Thumb, estimation by Time.

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Plan to Navigate

Group or alone, equipment, safety, responsibilities, study map terrain, route selection.

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Stay on Course

Advance reference points and advance baselines, Thumb-the-Map.

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Additional

Navigation Skills

Estimating daylight left, conserving energy, prevent blisters, weather insight, and estimating distance with the Lensatic Compass Mils (Technique 1 and Technique 2), Distance Resection, and drawing your own map.

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Navigating

Different Terrain

Special environments; terrains that can be featureless, rough, dense, unpredictable footing, and unpredictable weather or visibility.

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 Night Navigation

Night adaptation, protecting night vision, Lensatic Compass night navigating. 

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Sustainment

Sustainment program, Train-the-Trainer, set up a Land Navigation course.